Police: Databases

Question

Asked by

Lord Judd
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many separate databases are used by police in the United Kingdom in their anti-crime, anti-serious crime and anti-terrorist work; and what steps are being taken to streamline and rationalise the availability and accessibility of intelligence for Special Branch operatives. [HL468]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord West of Spithead)
Details of the databases used by the police, including Special Branch, in the United Kingdom, are not held centrally.

Streamlining and rationalising existing police intelligence databases will form part of the strategy for the police use of information and communications technology over the next 10 years.